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Airlines cancel flights due to 24-hour Kolkata bandh today
Kingfisher has cancelled 29 flights, while Jet Airways and its low cost arm JetLite have cancelled a total of 70 flights to and from Kolkata in the wake of bandh call given by central trade unions.
Quota for poor kids in private schools mandatory: Sibal
Reserving 25 per cent of seats for children of poor families in private schools would be mandatory and its violation would be punishable, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday.
Maid accuses violinist of sexual harassment
A suspect in a house theft case, a domestic maid has levelled sexual harassment charges against violinist L Subramaniam on Monday.
CPM's days numbered: Rahul in Kolkata
Rahul Gandhi kept it short and sharp. The Congress youth icon's first political speech in Kolkata on Monday turned out to be a 10-minute barrage against the ruling CPM.
Left feels minority heat on bandh-eve
Under pressure from the two Ms -- Muslims and Mamata -- the ruling Marxists and their trade unions have been pushed on the backfoot on the eve of the Citu-sponsored bandh.
Now, it's legitimate to take leave to mourn loss of kin
Desi corporates seem to be thinking progressively, on par with their global counterparts, and adopting bereavement policies.
This Ganpati, stress on idols without toxic dyes
Central Pollution Control Board has asked Ganpati mandals to return to the festival's Vedic roots and avoid use of lead- and zinc-based paints, thermocol, plaster of Paris and toxic colours while making idols.
Changes to AFSPA may make it milder
PM Manmohan Singh suggested he may resolve differences in government over the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act with some changes aimed at making it less sweeping in view of the criticism the act has attracted.
Homi Sethna, nuclear legend, passes away
Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India's first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, died on Sunday at his Mumbai residence after a prolonged lung ailment.
The day India 'arrived' on global stage
The nuclear test had succeeded. Not even American spy satellites could spot it.
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